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Domestic and Sexual Violence in Virginia 2012 Annual Report Domestic and Sexual Violence in Virginia Kenneth T. Cuccinelli, II Attorney General of Virginia Office of the Attorney General i COMMONWEALTH of VIRGINIA Office of the Attorney General Kenneth T. Cuccinelli, II 900 East Main Street Attorney General Richmond, Virginia23219 804-786-2071 December 28, 2012 FAX 804-786-1991 Virginia Relay Services 800-828-1120 7-1-1 To the Chairs of the Senate and House Courts of Justice Committees and the Virginia State Crime Commission: I am pleased to present to you the 2012 Annual Report on Domestic and Sexual Violence in Virginia, pursuant to Virginia Code § 2.2-515.1. The Report uses current statewide data to underscore the impact of domestic and sexual violence on the Commonwealth of Virginia. The Report highlights various initiatives undertaken by agencies and organizations in Virginia, including public awareness campaigns, training activities, legislative changes and other statewide efforts to address these critical issues. The Report presents an overview of grant programs and services available to domestic violence and sexual assault victims, as well as the major funding sources for those programs and services. Finally, the Report includes extensive contact information for national, state, and local agencies and programs that work with or provide resources to victims of sexual and domestic violence. I am proud of the progress we have made in addressing domestic and sexual violence in the Commonwealth of Virginia and I am committed to furthering that progress in the upcoming year. I am confident that Virginia will continue to support programs and initiatives to promote safety for victims and to hold offenders accountable. Sincerely, Kenneth T. Cuccinelli, II ii Domestic and Office of the Attorney General Sexual Violence Domestic Violence Initiatives in Virginia Kenneth T. Cuccinelli, II Attorney General 2012 Annual Report Patricia L. West Chief Deputy Attorney General John F. Childrey Attorney General’s Message iv Deputy Attorney General Public Safety and Enforcement Division Executive Summary V Patrick W. Dorgan Senior Assistant Attorney General Domestic and Sexual Violence in Virginia 1 Chief, Special Prosecutions and Organized Crime Section Funding Sources and Grant Programs 17 Corie E. Tillman Wolf 27 Agency Efforts and Initiatives Assistant Attorney General Statewide Facilitator for Victims of Domestic Governor’s Domestic Violence Prevention and Response 58 Violence Advisory Board Melissa A. McMenemy Legislative Update 2012 59 Program Coordinator V-STOP and Domestic Violence Initiatives Appendix A—Additional Data A-1 Hunter W. Fisher Appendix B—State Agencies and Organizations B-1 Program Coordinator Community Defined Solutions to Violence Appendix C—Domestic and Sexual Violence Programs by C-1 Against Women Locality Appendix D—Certified Batterer Intervention Programs D-1 Electronic copies of the Attorney General’s 2012 Appendix E—Local Fatality Review Teams E-1 Annual Report on Domestic and Sexual Violence in Virginia may be downloaded from the Office of the Attorney General’s website at www.ag.virginia.gov. Appendix F—Additional Resources F-1 Cover Image: The images of persons included on the cover are merely representative and are not images of actual victims of sexual or domestic violence. iii Attorney General's Message Domestic and sexual violence impact thousands of Virginians each year. While we sometimes hear about the tragic consequences of these crimes on the news, cases of domestic and sexual violence are often underreported for various reasons: fear of retaliation, the criminal justice system, or a possible social backlash; lack of information or knowledge of community resources or access to cultural and/or language- specific information; or desire to protect children or family members from the abuse or from the criminal consequences for committing the abuse. As a result, the number of victims in Virginia is grossly underestimated. These crimes have profound and serious consequences, not only for their victims, but also for families, schools, workplaces and communities. We must all work together to ensure victim safety and to achieve justice in these cases. Agencies and organizations across the Commonwealth continue to address the needs of victims through services, to create programs to respond to and to prevent such tragic cases, and to hold offenders accountable. Due to the far reaching effects of these crimes, it is only through collaboration that we can address the needs of victims and put an end to domestic and sexual violence. Finding ways to prevent and to respond to these crimes has been a personal mission of mine. While a student at the University of Virginia, I worked to bring awareness to the issue of campus sexual assault by helping to establish a student group to prevent sexual assault. While serving in the Virginia Senate, I supported and voted for legislation to strengthen Virginia’s domestic violence laws. As Attorney General, I have supported legislation to improve the protective order process and combat human trafficking. I continue to support the efforts of the Office of the Attorney General, as well as other agencies and organizations across the Commonwealth, to respond to and to prevent domestic and sexual violence. I would like to thank the following agencies and organizations for their continued collaboration and willingness to work closely with the Office of the Attorney General to address domestic and sexual violence issues in Virginia: the Commonwealth’s Attorneys’ Services Council, the Department of Corrections, the Department of Criminal Justice Services, the Department of Health, the Department of Housing and Community Development, the Department of Social Services, the Department of State Police, the Family and Children’s Trust Fund of Virginia, the Office of the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court of Virginia, the Virginia Center on Aging, the Virginia Poverty Law Center, and the Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Action Alliance. I am pleased to share with you the efforts these agencies and organizations have undertaken over the past year to address domestic and sexual violence at the state and local levels. As Virginians, we can work together to increase awareness and to address these devastating crimes that plague every facet of our communities and bring hope, support, and assistance to victims, their families, and the community. Kenneth T. Cuccinelli, II iv Executive Summary Domestic and sexual violence impact our families, homes, communities, schools, and workplaces on a daily basis. Domestic and sexual violence impact all socio-economic levels, cultures, and religions. Whether the impact is open and obvious, such as a tragic homicide that receives media attention and spurs a community to action, or hidden and subtle, such as the emotional and psychological effect on children who silently live with the violence, domestic and sexual violence can penetrate even the deepest levels of our society. The available data highlights the impact of these crimes in Virginia. It is estimated that, based upon the most recent data available, in 2011, at least 134 men, women, and children lost their lives to domestic violence, representing a 21% decrease in family and intimate partner homicides from 2010 to 2011.1 Also in 2011, there were more than 64,000 calls to domestic and sexual violence hotlines across the state.2 A total of 6,609 adults and children received 203,025 nights of emergency or temporary shelter due to domestic violence; however, 3,100 families requesting shelter services were turned away due to lack of shelter space.3 A total of 44,277 emergency protective orders were issued by magistrates and judges across the Commonwealth to protect the immediate health and safety of victims and their 4 family members. During the 2012 Session, the General Assembly passed legislation to continue to improve and strengthen laws surrounding domestic and sexual violence. The General Assembly passed Senate Bill 459 and House Bill 752 to create a new felony offense for strangulation, a dangerous and deadly offense that is unfortunately all too common in domestic violence cases. The General Assembly also passed House Bill 973 and Senate Bill 436 to provide for a mandatory minimum life sentence in cases involving rape, forcible sodomy, or object sexual penetration of a child under the age of thirteen, where the offender is eighteen years of age or older at the time of the offense. Additional bills, including House Bill 1033 and Senate Bills 300 and 445, were passed to clarify the protective order process. In 2012, Virginia’s state and local agencies and organizations provided tools and resources to prosecutors, law enforcement officers, victim advocates, health care providers, social service providers, and allied professionals. State, local, and private partners also promoted public awareness and prevention initiatives and supported collaborative efforts among agencies and organizations to enhance the overall response to domestic and sexual violence. For example: • The Office of the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court of Virginia (OES) continued its implementation and expansion of the I-CAN! Virginia program, a free online program that enables a person to complete and print out the forms necessary to petition for a protective order in Virginia’s district courts. In early 2012, the OES launched a new I-CAN! Virginia module for Virginia’s general district courts, expanding the I-CAN! Virginia system to include two types of protective orders, family abuse and non-family abuse. I-CAN! Virginia also underwent a design change to incorporate both courts into the system and become more user friendly. From January 1, 2012 thru September 30, 2012, 507 users accessed I-CAN! Virginia and printed the forms necessary to petition for a protective order. v • The Virginia Community Defined Solutions to Violence Against Women Grant, a partnership of five state agencies and two statewide nonprofit organizations, collaborated to provide intensive training and technical assistance at the state and local levels to promote practices that enhance victim safety and offender accountability.
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